# Accident 19810306008689A: Piper PA38112, Bessemer, AL, March 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2534C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2534C-1991-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810306008689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT SUPERVISED SOLO LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81DKJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ13), Mar 6, 1981: Piper PA-38 (N2534C), Bessemer, AL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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